PresentPerfect

Tense

Primary Five

We form the present perfect tensewith have / has + past participle.

IYouWe

They

have drunk some water.

He SheIt

has drunk some water.

Present Past Present perfect

drink

eat

ride

swim

throw

see

go

Irregular verbs

drank have / has drunk

ate have / has eaten

rode have / has ridden

swam have / has swum

threw have / has thrownsaw have / has seen

went have / has gone

Present Past Present perfect

do

make

write

take

draw

break

speak

Irregular verbs

did have / has done

wrote have / has writtentook have / has takendrew have / has drawn

broke have / has brokenspoke have / has spoken

made have / has made

Present Past Present perfect

cook

open

paint

plant

walk

move

tidy

Regular verbs

cooked have / has cooked

painted have / has paintedplanted have / has plantedwalked have / has walked

moved have / has movedtidied have / has tidied

opened have / has opened

(b) Sam has eaten a chicken leg.

We use the present perfect tense to show the result of an action.

(b)

e.g. (a) Sam is eating a chicken leg.

(a)

I have done my homework yesterday.

I did my homework yesterday.

We cannot use the present perfect tense with adverbs of time, e.g. yesterday, two weeks ago.

Practice 1

Present Past Present perfect

e.g. make

4. draw

7. write

made have / has made

drew have / has drawn

wrote have / has written

1. do

2. tidy

3. eat

5. take

6. paint

did have / has done

tidied have / has tidied

ate have / has eaten

took have / has taken

painted have / has painted

Present Past Present perfect

12. see

15. break

rode have / has ridden

saw have / has seen

broke have / has broken

9. swim

10. go

11. move

13. speak

14. cook

swam have / has swum

went have / has gone

moved have / has moved

spoke have / has spoken

cooked have / has cooked

8. ride

Already / yet

Have you eaten the apples yet? (question)

‘Yet’ goes at the END of the question or sentence.

No, I haven’t eaten the apples yet. (negative)

In the present perfect tense, we use yetwith questions or negative (no) sentences.

Already / yet

Have you eaten the apples yet? (question)

Yes, I have already eaten the apples. (positive)

‘Already’ goes in the MIDDLE or at the END of the sentence.

or Yes, I have eaten the apples already. (positive)

In the present perfect tense, we use alreadywith positive (yes) sentences.

______ Lily _______ her homework _____?

Yes, she __________her homework _______ .

Has done yet

has done already

Already / yet

e.g. do

Yes, she _________________her homework.has already done

or

______ Bob _______ his hamburger_____ ?

No, he ___________________ his hamburger

_______ .

Has eaten yet

hasn’t / has not eaten

Already / yet

e.g. eat

yet

2 (make)

________ Sally and Joe ________ their beds _______ ?

No, they__________________ their beds_______ .

1 (do)

________ Ann ________ the washing_______ ?

Yes, she _______________ the washing.

Has doneyet

has already done

Have madeyet

haven’t/have not madeyet

Practice 2

4 (write)

________ Tom ________ the letter _______ ?

No, he ___________________ the letter_______ .

3 (throw)

________ you ________ away the rubbish ________ ?

Yes, I ______________ away the rubbish________ .

Have thrownyet

’ve / have thrown

Has writtenyet

hasn’t/has not writtenyet

already

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